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Bianca Andreescu sat on a couch at Tennis Canada headquarters and looked up at a 2019 Rogers Cup poster on the wall. Her photo was front and centre and her name was in big block letters. After spending her formative years in the sport working in relative obscurity at the training centre next door, Andreescu […]
Rafael Nadal begrudgingly joked that the next generation of stars doesn’t need any help from him during an on-court interview at the Australian Open. It was the biggest lie of the event so far. Nadal, Rodger Federer and Novak Djokovic have already laid waste to one generation of tennis stars, winning 50 of the last […]
Teen sensation Alexei Popyrin has shown he’s no one-hit wonder after an epic Australian Open third round match with Frenchman Lucas Pouille. Popyrin was the last local male to exit the singles, following Alex Bolt, but went out with a bang at Melbourne Park. The 19-year-old wildcard lit up Margaret Court Arena on Saturday night […]
Canada's Bianca Andreescu jumped 45 positions to a career-high No. 107 in the world rankings Monday after her surprising run to the final at the ASB Classic. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., stunned former world No. 1s Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and American Venus Williams en route to her first appearance in a WTA Tour […]
Tennis players lived more than nine years longer than people who were sedentary, topping the list of sports.
There was more intrigue and interest than usual on the opening day of the Champions Tennis veterans tournament in London, thanks to the arrival of a new kind of on-court helper. Traditionally, schoolkids are employed as ball boys and girls to retrieve tennis balls and toss them to the serving player before each point. READ […]
Justin Setterfield/Getty Images Novak Djokovic just beat Roger Federer in one of the year’s best matches. Saturday’s Paris Masters semifinal featured high quality tennis, and you can watch Federer’s amazing shank shot, and Djokovic’s incredible precision, in some of the highlights below. But after a three hour slugathon between two heavyweight greats of the game, […]
Former female tennis world number one Caroline Wozniacki has revealed her shock at being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis before the US Open this year, opening up on her battle with the disorder. The reigning Australian Open champion revealed the diagnosis following her loss to Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the final round of group play at […]
Ukrainian brothers Gleb and Vadim Alekseenko have been given life bans from tennis for fixing multiple matches between June 2015 and January 2016. Read more The twins were also fined $ 250,000 after being found guilty of multiple match-fixing violations during an investigation by the Tennis Integrity Unit. The brothers, who are both ranked outside […]
Published time: 10 Oct, 2018 13:04 German tennis star Alexander Zverev gave a ballboy the fright of his life when he let out a massive roar while celebrating a point winner during his second-round match at the Shanghai Masters in China. READ MORE: ‘Disgusting’: Spaniard Fernando Verdasco under fire for berating ball boy The world number […]
